Legal Opinion
City of New York v. Exxon Mobil Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 7, 2010No. Nos. 00 Civ. 1898 (SAS), 04 Civ. 3417 (SAS)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, District Judge:
I. INTRODUCTION
In this consolidated multi-district litigation (“MDL”), plaintiffs seek relief from contamination, or threatened contamina*584tion, of groundwater from various defendants’ use of the gasoline additive methyl tertiary butyl ether (“MTBE”) and/or tertiary butyl alcohol, which is a product formed by the natural degradation of MTBE in water. Plaintiff, the City of New York (“City”),1 filed an action against various defendants — including the only defendants remaining in this case, ExxonMobil Corporation, ExxonMobil Oil Corporation,…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- In Re Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (Mtbe) ProductsDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2010
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